Pgd
Veteran
- Location
- East Grinstead
Morning,
I've just got into work mega-late after having to walk a mile back home, shower and run for the train.
For a while now my freehub's been intermittently "sticking" -- when I stop pedalling, the hub continues to revolve, taking the chain with it, which gets looser & looser until some aspect of the motion(?) forces it back into line with a loud noise. Although annoying, it didn't actually affect my riding -- and tbh I assumed it was the result of my derailleur being bent (I'm pretty sure it is, it's been knocked about several times by inattentive riders behind me, and it doesn;t look right to me) ... but this morning I lost drive completely -- the pedals just spin round & round ineffectually.
I had a similar loss-of-drive problem back in January and took it to my LBS (whom I also purchased the bike from in the first place, last summer) who replaced the entire wheel, which fixed the problem. But since it's now back again, does this suggest that (a) they didn't fix what was really wrong, (b) I'm doing something weird which is wearing out hubs really quickly, (c) coincidence, or (d) other? I'm assuming a bent derailleur has nothing to do with it.
Obviously it's going back to the LBS at the weekend, but was just interested to hear your thoughts.
Cheers.
(PS bike is a 2011 Sirrus Sport, btw)
I've just got into work mega-late after having to walk a mile back home, shower and run for the train.
For a while now my freehub's been intermittently "sticking" -- when I stop pedalling, the hub continues to revolve, taking the chain with it, which gets looser & looser until some aspect of the motion(?) forces it back into line with a loud noise. Although annoying, it didn't actually affect my riding -- and tbh I assumed it was the result of my derailleur being bent (I'm pretty sure it is, it's been knocked about several times by inattentive riders behind me, and it doesn;t look right to me) ... but this morning I lost drive completely -- the pedals just spin round & round ineffectually.
I had a similar loss-of-drive problem back in January and took it to my LBS (whom I also purchased the bike from in the first place, last summer) who replaced the entire wheel, which fixed the problem. But since it's now back again, does this suggest that (a) they didn't fix what was really wrong, (b) I'm doing something weird which is wearing out hubs really quickly, (c) coincidence, or (d) other? I'm assuming a bent derailleur has nothing to do with it.
Obviously it's going back to the LBS at the weekend, but was just interested to hear your thoughts.
Cheers.
(PS bike is a 2011 Sirrus Sport, btw)